Lithuanian

Verb

brùka

1. third-person singular present tense of brukti.
2. third-person plural present tense of brukti.

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbruka]

Noun

bruka

1. genitive singular of bruk
2. accusative singular of bruk
3. nominative dual of bruk

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• bruke

Etymology

From Middle Low German bruken.

Verb

bruka ‎(present tense brukar/bruker, past tense bruka/brukte, past participle bruka/brukt, passive infinitive brukast, present participle brukande, imperative bruka/bruk)

1. to use

Synonyms

• nytta

Derived terms

• bruktbil

References

• “bruka” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Frisian

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *brūkaną.

Verb

brūka

1. to use

Conjugation

Descendants

• West Frisian: brûke

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /brûka/
• Hyphenation: bru‧ka

Noun

brȕka f ‎(Cyrillic spelling бру̏ка)

1. shame, disgrace
2. person in disgrace

Declension

Related terms

• brȕkati

Swedish

Etymology

From Middle Low German bruken, from Old Saxon brukan, from Proto-Germanic *brūkaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰruHg-.

Pronunciation

Verb

bruka ‎(present brukar, preterite brukade, supine brukat, imperative bruka)

1. (auxiliary) be used to; be in the habit of

   Han brukade segla runt sjön på somrarna.

   He used to sail around the lake in the summer.

2. to cultivate, till, farm
3. (dated) to make use of

Conjugation

Related terms

• bruk
• brukare
• förbruka
• missbruka